Statement from ESPN regarding ESPN3.com’s audience for U.S.-Algeria match

Our methodology follows the traditional video measurement of calculating unique viewers AND time spent viewing, resulting in the largest U.S. audience ever for a sports event on the web. CBS’s more limited approach looks only at unique viewers.

ESPN3.com’s remarkable achievement speaks to the way the FIFA World Cup has captivated Americans.

In addition to the 1.1 million unique viewers who watched ESPN3.com’s English-language feed, more than 56,000 fans watched in Arabic, Portuguese and German.